Orphan Of Zhao And Other Yuan Plays

The Orphan of Zhao AND OTHER Yuan P lays THE E AR LIE S T KNOWN V E R S IO NS T R A N S L AT E D & I N T R O D U C E D B Y S TE PHE N H. WE ST A N D WILT L. IDEMA The Orphan of Zhao Yuan P lays AND OTHER T RA N S L AT I O N S F RO M T H E A S I A N C L A S S I C S T RA N S L AT I O N S F RO M T H E A S I A N C L A S S I C S E D I TO R I A L B OA R D Wm. Theodore de Bary, Chair Paul Anderer Donald Keene George A. Saliba Haruo Shirane Burton Watson Wei Shang The Orphan of Zhao AND OTHER Yuan P lays T HE E A RL I E S T KNOW N VE RS I O N S Q T R A N S L AT E D & I N T R O D UC E D B Y S T E P H E N H. W E S T A N D W I L T L. I D E M A COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW YORK Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex cup.columbia.edu Copyright © 2015 Columbia University Press All rights reserved Columbia University Press wishes to express its appreciation for assistance given by the Pushkin Fund toward the cost of publishing this book. S Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The orphan of Zhao and other Yuan plays : the earliest known versions / translated and introduced by Stephen H. West and Wilt L. Idema. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-231-16854-0 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-231-53810-7 (electronic) 1. Chinese drama—Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368—Translations into English. I. West, Stephen H. editor of compilation. II. Idema, W. L. (Wilt L.) editor of compilation. PL2658.E5O77 2014 895.12'4408—dc23 2013048900 Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. This book is printed on paper with recycled content. Printed in the United States of America c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Cover image: The Captivity of Cai Wenji, 14th–15th century. Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA. Gift of Charles Lang Freer. Bridgeman Art Library. Cover and book design: Lisa Hamm CONTENTS Acknowledgments vii A Note to the Reader ix Table of Dynasties xi INTRODUCTION CONVENTIONS 1 45 1 THE ORPHAN OF ZHAO 49 The Orphan of Zhao, a Fourteenth-Century Edition 57 The Orphan of Zhao Greatly Wreaks Vengeance, A Selection of Yuan Plays Edition 73 2 HUO GUA NG RE MON STRATES AS A GHOST 112 Newly Printed in Hangzhou with Plot Prompts: Huo Guang Remonstrates as a Ghost, a Fourteenth-Century Edition 116 3 XUE RE NGUI RETURN S H OM E CL A D IN BRO C A D E A Newly Cut Full Text: Xue Rengui Returns Home Clad in Brocade, with the Complete Prompts, a Fourteenth-Century Edition 143 138 vi S CONTENTS A Selection of Yuan Plays Edition of the Zaju Xue Rengui Returns Home in Glory 165 4 T H E B A M B O O - L E A F B O AT 196 Newly Cut with Plot Prompts: Chen Jiqing Is Enlightened to the Way on a Bamboo-Leaf Boat, a Fourteenth-Century Edition 210 A Selection of Yuan Plays Edition of the Zaju Chen Jiqing Mistakenly Boards a Bamboo-Leaf Boat 236 5 TIPPLER ZHAO YUAN ENCOUNTER S T H E P R I O R E M P E R O R 272 Newly Cut with Plot Prompts: Tippler Zhao Yuan Encounters the Prior Emperor, a Fourteenth-Century Edition 278 Tippler Zhao Yuan Encounters the Prior Emperor, a Ming Manuscript Edition 6 T H E A F FA I R O F T H E E A S T E R N W I N D O W E X P O S E D 293 319 Newly Printed at the Great Capital, a Complete Text with Plot Prompts: The Affair of the Eastern Window Exposed, a Fourteenth-Century Edition 327 7 LIT TLE BU TCHER Z H A NG I MMOL ATES HI S CHILD T O S A V E H I S M O T H E R 354 Newly Printed in Hangzhou: Little Butcher Zhang Immolates His Child to Save His Mother, a Fourteenth-Century Edition 359